Conventional Transformer Operations - Lionel Big Boy Owner's Manual

Conventional transformer operations

Conventional transformer operations
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our locomotive is capable of operating in the conventional environment, controlled by
nothing more than a standard Lionel alternating-current (AC) transformer.
In the conventional environment, your locomotive cycles through a repeating pattern of
operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on. To advance to the next operation,
press the DIRECTION button on your transformer. Alternately, you can use the throttle to
briefly turn off track power so that the locomotive advances to the next operation when power
is restored.
Once you cycle the locomotive into forward or reverse, you control your locomotive's
speed by varying track voltage with the transformer's throttle. To increase the speed of the
locomotive, you increase track voltage. To decrease the speed, you decrease track voltage. To
stop the locomotive and to change directions (or to enter neutral), track voltage is turned off
or interrupted.
Use the WHISTLE and BELL buttons on your transformer (or separate buttons if your
transformer is not equipped with these controls, see page 13) to activate these features.
To experience all of your locomotive's features, we recommend operating in the LEGACY
Command Control environment. With a simple one-wire connection, you can use the CAB-2
Remote Controller to access all of the functions of your locomotive. Refer to pages 24-28 to see
how to operate your locomotive in the LEGACY Command Control environment.
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